Richard Price, Ph.D. (They/Them)
Professor of Political Science, Weber State University
Education
Ph.D. Political Science, August 2012. Syracuse University. Syracuse, New York.
M.A. Political Science, December 2007. Syracuse University. Syracuse, New York.
J.D. May 2006. Roger Williams University School of Law. Bristol, Rhode Island.
B.A. June 2003. Majors: Political Science, History. Western Washington University. Bellingham, Washington.
Primary Research Areas
Constitutional law and courts, free speech and censorship, LGBTQ politics and rights, judicial federalism, legal mobilization, and the politics of book banning.
Courses I Teach Somewhat Regularly
Introduction to Law and Courts
Constitutional Law
Constitutional Law
Law and Society
The U.S. Supreme Court
Free Speech
LGBTQ Politics
LGBTQ America Since 1945
Special Topics: State Constitutions, The American Founding, The Supreme Court and the Long 1960s
Publications
2025. “Centering Schools in LGBTQ Politics.” In Teaching LGBTQ Politics. Eds. Edward Kammerer, Royal G. Cravens, and Erin Mayo-Adam. SUNY University Press.
2025. “Graphic Storytelling, Book Challengers, and Obscenity.” In Out of the Gutters. Eds. Jorge Santos and Patrick Lawrence. University of Texas Press.
2025. “Silencing Trans Voices.” Politics, Groups, and Identities.
2023. “Contesting Obscenity: Book Challengers and Criminalizing Literature.” Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy 7(4): 34-45.
2021. “Navigating a Doctrinal Grey Area: Free Speech, the Right to Read, and Schools.” First Amendment Studies 55(2): 79-101.
2020. “On Remand: Legal Strategies after Supreme Court Losses.” Open Judicial Politics. Ed. Eric Waltenburg, Rorie Spill Solberg, and Jennifer Segal Diascro.
2018. “The Judicial Protection of Anti-Judicial Speech.” American University International Law Review 33(4): 693-769 (with Thomas M. Keck and Brandon T. Metroka).
2017. “Linde’s Legacy: The Triumph of Oregon State Constitutional Law, 1970-2000.” Albany Law Review 80(4): 1541-1602.
2015. “Movement Litigation and Unilateral Disarmament: Abortion and the Right To Die.” Law & Social Inquiry 40(4): 880-907 (with Thomas M. Keck).
2015. “Lawyers Need Law: Judicial Federalism, State Courts, and Lawyers in Search and Seizure Cases.” Albany Law Review 78(4): 1393-1458.
2013. “Arguing Gunwall: The Effect of the Criteria Test on Constitutional Rights Claims.” Journal of Law and Courts 1(2): 331-61.
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Contact Information
Dr. Richard Price
Email: richardprice@weber.edu
Office: Lindquist Hall 146
Weber State University
Department of Political Science and Philosophy
1299 Edvalson Street Dept 1204
Ogden, UT 84408-1204